Jun 17, 2008 8:43 am US/Eastern
Mother & Pup Stuck In Drain Find Loving Home
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Puppy pulled from sewer drain by Miami-Fire Rescue
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Puppy was stuck for at least 2 hours
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Mother dog stands alongside Miami-Fire Rescue personnel, animal control officials and news crews during Wednesday's puppy rescue
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CBS4 News aired the images of a momma dog in despair, after her puppy went down a drain, and couldn't come out. After a messy and wet ordeal the puppy was saved, but the question of finding a home for the two of them still remained.
Monday afternoon a loving home became a reality for the two canines now called Faith and Hope, after a South Florida woman felt the calling, and adopted both mother and pup.
Last Wednesday Miami Fire Rescue crews took part in the "ruff" rescue after the puppy became stuck in a sewer drain. The puppy--now named Hope by her new owner-- was wedged deep in a drain pipe at NW 75th Street and 6th Avenue in Liberty City. A passerby saw the puppy's mother standing over a sewer opening and whining. When he walked over to see what was going on, he heard the puppy yelping from inside the drain and he called Miami-Fire Rescue for help.
Responding rescue crews donned air tanks and masks and went down into the sewer drain in search of the tiny stuck puppy. Animal control officials were also on hand to help and stood by along with the pup's worried mother who watched and waited for her puppy to be freed.
After two hours of intensive work, one of the firefighters finally surfaced shortly before noon with the wet little dog in his arms.
Renee Fiore is now the new owner of the dogs.
"Well I saw it on the news, and I didn't think she was gonna make it," said Fiore. "She did, and then the mother, that's all she has in this whole world is this puppy, and I heard they wanted to split them up, and I couldn't have that."Animal control officials reunited mother and pup and shipped them to the Miami-Dade County Animal Shelter where they were originally treated and put up for adoption.
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